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Deflandrea leptodermata

Deflandrea leptodermata Cookson and Eisenack, 1965

Tax. sr. synonym of Deflandrea micropoda Cookson and Eisenack, 1974, according to Stover and Evitt, 1978.
Holotype: Cookson and Eisenack, 1965, pl.11, fig.6
Locus typicus: Brown"s Creek, SW Victoria, Australia
Stratum typicum: Late Eocene

Original description: Cookson and Eisenack, 1965, p. 121-122
Description: Shell untabulated, longer than broad with strongly convex sides, a short blunt apical horn and two short, broad, slightly pointed antapical horns. Girdle usually not indicated. Wall of shell thin, distinctly granular. Capsule large, circular in outline, almost filling the shell, wall very thin and densely granular. Archeopyle usually indistinctly outlined, broader than long, possibly 6-sided. In the specimen shown in Pl. 11, fig. 7 the basal suture of the archeopyle is evident as a fine line crossing the upper part of the shell at a right angle.
Dimensions: Holotype-118 µm long, 92 µm broad. Range-87-123 µm long, 78-102 µm broad.
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